MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this edifying new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
which
studies
subjects
regarding open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
changes in
technology-enhanced learning make it possible for
learners
all around the world
to take part in online classes.
Massive open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments.
There are many
issues that
online education organizations
are having to attend to
in 2015 because online learning technology is
developing so rapidly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can educators
certify that
the quality of these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can institutions
guarantee that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online?
What business strategies are being used by
organizations like
WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal?
How can we
handle issues like
inadequate
motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these massive open online courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and lots of other
participants
need
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
important new open education
experiments.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
To respond to this
developing
need for
knowledge
the stimulating new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This book
also describes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open education resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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